Crédit Agricole

Woori Bank has hired six banks to work on a dollar-denominated additional tier one (AT1) offering.

Issuers lined up to print in euros on Tuesday as a vital European Central Bank meeting loomed later in the week — but bankers were divided as to how much the flurry of deals was down to concerns over the central bank meeting.

There was a double breakthrough in dollars for public sector borrowers on Tuesday, as Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten reopened the 10 year part of the curve for core issuers for the first time in seven months and Sweden priced the tightest three year benchmark since the first week of the year.

The FIG senior unsecured market welcomed lower beta trades from DVB Bank and Dexia Crédit Local on Tuesday, as bankers started to turn their attention to Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting.

Hyundai Capital Services (HCS) raised $500m from its inaugural green bond on Monday, in a trade that was notable for the strong participation of US accounts.

Core eurozone issuers are set to pepper the euro curve over the next two days, before all attention turns to a much anticipated European Central Bank meeting on Thursday.

Hyundai Capital Services (HCS) launched an inaugural green offering on Monday, giving green bond investors a new name in Asia.

Technip, the French oilfield services and engineering group, launched on Thursday evening a €75m tap of its €375m equity-neutral convertible bond, issued in January, for a further €75m, after the bond and stock had traded up strongly.

Konecta, the Spanish call centre operator, has closed its €195m acquisition debt in a club deal with four banks.

A group of 10 banks is in discussions with semiconductor firm Micron Technology for a NT$80bn ($2.5bn) loan to back its acquisition of Taiwan’s Inotera Memories.

BP on Monday became the first big oil company to brave Europe's corporate bond market this year, as it issued a €2bn dual tranche bond.

A $925m refinancing for Birla Carbon has received commitments from eight banks, taking the total number of incoming lenders to 10. The loan, which has been in syndication for three months, is likely to be allocated in early March.